Vines on an old stone wall

Agatha Christie and her family loved to collect things.

They put serious time, energy and money into their collections

and some of them are displayed at Greenway.

A great many things though were piled haphazardly

in glass fronted cupboards and display cabinets

where they looked excessive and unlovely.

 I am trying to reduce my possessions,

and I have to admit to a mea maxima culpa cupboard 

containing a small collection of Poole pottery jam pots,

so this was a thought-provoking sight.

In the end, I decided that

this vine,

on this stone wall, 

was the loveliest thing I'd seen at the house

and that I could take a lesson from it.